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A 10-year veteran deputy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two female inmates, officials announced Thursday. Giancarlo Scotti, 31, a San Pedro High School graduate and current resident of the community, was on duty when he was taken into custody Wednesday night, within hours of the allegation, including “rape under color of authority,” Sheriff Jim McDonnell said during a news conference at downtown Los Angeles’ Hall of Justice.

Nearly three years after voters passed a state law intended to save money by keeping low-level offenders out of jail, $103 million in savings has been accumulated and will be distributed to two dozen California cities and counties for related programs.

The battle over Senate Bill 54 — sometimes referred to as the Sanctuary State bill — is heating up this week with immigrant rights advocates filing a lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell over his strong opposition to the bill.

SOUTH PASADENA >> Ana Estevez lives with an “eternal shadow of devastation and emptiness,” she said, reading a letter at the funeral for her 5-year-old son who police believe died at the hands of his father.

Hoping to stem a national wave of opioid- and heroin-related deaths, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday that deputies from across the region will be equipped with a potentially life-saving nasal spray.

Lakewood Councilman Todd Rogers is accusing Sheriff Jim McDonnell of pushing him out of a senior post in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after he refused to drop out of the 2014 sheriff’s race and alleged a former high-ranking sheriff’s official committed a crime during that campaign.

LOS ANGELES >> Sheriff Jim McDonnell testified Monday that when he served as the Long Beach police chief, he found that both sides contributed to the ongoing tension between officers of the Port Security Unit and security guards with the Harbor Patrol.

A rule that blocks Los Angeles County employees from being discharged or reassigned will be reviewed after the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to find ways to hold them accountable while also protecting their rights.

LOS ANGELES >> Authorities say 474 people have been arrested in a multiday sting operation focused on human trafficking in California. Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Tuesday the arrests came after a three-day operation conducted by 30 law enforcement agencies across the state last week.

Responding to concerns about the use of drones by law enforcement, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asked the Inspector General’s office Tuesday to gather more information on unmanned aircrafts.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Metro Board of Directors today will consider adopting a multi-agency approach for providing policing throughout its public transportation system while scaling back or breaking off its contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

LOS ANGELES >> After hearing conflicting pitches from three policing agencies, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority governing board Thursday could not reach consensus about whether to hire one or all three to patrol the county’s bus and rail lines.

Hoping to steer the nation’s largest law enforcement department of its kind into a new era, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced Wednesday a shift in leadership, including a new undersheriff — the second-highest position — as well as two assistant sheriffs.

Sheriff’s deputies who serve in Los Angeles County’s jails will use new procedures when restraining inmates after several prisoners were tethered to tables or doors for long periods of time without care or supervision, resulting in one man’s death.

While hundreds of protesters gathered outside LAPD headquarters Tuesday, where a panel planned to review the 2015 fatal police shooting of an allegedly knife-wielding woman, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to accelerate the use of body cameras for Sheriff’s deputies.

Not since Sept. 11, 2001, have so many police officers been killed in a single incident. However, unlike on 9/11, the terrorist in the attack Thursday night in Dallas specifically targeted police officers in the act of protecting the public, and executed them in cold blood.

The number of children who died in accidents or who were killed in Los Angeles County fell slightly in 2014, but youth suicides are on the rise, according to three reports released Monday. Of the 196 children whose deaths prompted investigations by law enforcement, 10 were youths who killed themselves in 2014, most of them by hanging.

LOS ANGELES >> After a backlash to immigration enforcement in U.S. jails, local sheriffs’ agencies are coming up with new ways to assist federal efforts to ensure immigrants with serious criminal convictions aren’t released back onto the streets.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell will be the guest on the next edition of “Straight Talk with Art Levine,” to air this weekend. McDonnell will talk about his first months in office, including jailhouse violence and the impact of prison realignment and

LOS ANGELES — The parents of a man shot to death by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies last year are suing the county and Sheriff Jim McDonnell for wrongful death, alleging the slain man dropped a knife he was holding before they opened fire and that they ignored his father when he said his son was mentally ill and could be calmed down.

By The Los Angeles News Group editorial board Jim McDonnell campaigned for sheriff with a promise to bring sunlight to the dark corners of the scandal-ridden Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, embracing a citizens commission’s call for transparency and accountability.

It was a small thing, but not an unnoticed one. A week before the Nov. 4 election and his chance at securing victory as the next Los Angeles County sheriff against an opponent that had virtually given up,

Long beach Long beach police to bid farewell to Jim McDonnell The Long Beach Police Foundation is hosting a farewell reception for Jim McDonnell, who was sworn in as Los Angeles County Sheriff on Monday.

Robert Luna was passed up once before to be Long Beach’s top cop, but when he was named the city’s next police chief this week he was clearly the department’s favorite. The first Latino to lead the more than century-old department, Luna served as second in command to departing chief Jim McDonnell who was elected Los Angeles County sheriff with a more than a 50 percentage-point margin.

LONG BEACH >> After being passed over for the top job in 2010, Robert Luna on Tuesday was named Long Beach’s next police chief. Luna, who currently serves as deputy chief in charge of patrol and other areas, replaces Jim McDonnell, who will be sworn in Dec.

Even though the race for L.A. County sheriff had been all but conceded well before election night, Sheriff-elect Jim McDonnell still found himself in a post-election daze last week. His voice mail and email boxes were overflowing with congratulatory messages, and on his first day as sheriff-elect, McDonnell found himself bouncing from one media interview to another to discuss his new job as the county’s top law enforcement officer.

LONG BEACH >> The county gained a sheriff. Long Beach lost its chief. On Wednesday, city officials set about the task of filling a vacancy that will be left when Chief Jim McDonnell, the overwhelming victor in Tuesday’s election, is sworn in as Los Angeles County Sheriff on Dec.

LONG BEACH >> The Long Beach City Manager announced Tuesday his office will look inside the police department for its next chief, should current chief Jim McDonnell be elected the sheriff of Los Angeles County on Tuesday.

LONG BEACH >> Carry a flashlight. Ensure homes visited for treats night are well-lit. Stay on sidewalks, and avoid alleys and parks. Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell gave these and other tips to a kindergarten class at Lafayette Elementary School Tuesday, hoping to spread the word about Halloween safety before Friday.

When the Hall of Justice was rededicated earlier this month, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell was among the dignitaries at the ceremony. He said he resisted the impulse to go in and look at the sheriff’s third-floor office and imagine what it would be like sitting there and governing the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.

LONG BEACH >> With Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell pegged as the heavy favorite to walk away with the Los Angeles County sheriff’s position in next month’s election, city officials have turned their thoughts to finding the next leader to fill his shoes.

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti will endorse Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell for Los Angeles County sheriff, his office announced tdoday. Garcetti is set appear Tuesday with the longtime former LAPD officer -- he was second in command to former chief Bill Bratton until he was hired in Long Beach in 2010 -- on the steps of City Hall to lend his support to McDonnell in the Nov.

LONG BEACH >> Christopher Perez, a 62-year-old homeless man, jumped to his feet at Lincoln Park when the first chords of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” blasted through the speakers Tuesday night as local band MOVE covered the Rolling Stones classic during National Night Out, which promotes crime prevention through community and police partnerships.

LONG BEACH >> A medical marijuana law that balances patient access and neighborhood safety is proving a hard balance to strike in this city. Next month, the Planning Commission will view a new draft ordinance allowing a limited number of cannabis collectives that features “cascading” zoning to prevent locations from being concentrated in the industrial zones of West, North and Central Long Beach.

Former candidates for the office of Los Angeles County Sheriff are expected to endorse Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell during a press conference Thursday afternoon. It’s unclear, however, how many of the five former candidates will be at the event to lend their support to McDonnell after the Long Beach police chief emerged with the highest percentage of votes for the position in Tuesday’s election.

Long Beach won’t lose its top cop — not, at least, for another five months. Chief Jim McDonnell is headed to a runoff in November with former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka and will remain at the helm of the Long Beach Police Department until the outcome of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s race is decided.

LONG BEACH >> Former Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton announced his support Thursday for Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell for Los Angeles County sheriff. “In examining the many issues and challenges facing the L.

LONG BEACH >> Six months after deciding he would not pursue Los Angeles County’s top law enforcement job, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell announced Monday that he will indeed run for the county post.

Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell is expected to announce his intent to run for Los Angeles County sheriff at any moment, according to, well, just about everyone who runs in the city’s upper circles.